Silk Roads/Mongol Empires
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Mughal Empire
Miscellaneous
100
The valuable fabric from China was a major luxury good traded along the Silk Roads.
What is Silk?
100
Three continents where the Ottoman Empire existed at its height
What is Europe, Asia (The Middle East), and Northern Africa
100
The Safavid Empire was centered in Persia. What present-day country is located mainly in this region?
What is Iran?
100
The location of the Mughal Empire
What is modern-day India?
100
This form of technology/invention played the largest role in the formation of many of these empires.
What is gunpowder/cannons?
200
The animal that was most important to the success of the Mongol Empire
What is a horse?
200
This weapon enabled the Ottoman Empire to conquer Constantinople in 1453.
What are cannons?
200
These THREE were among the first major world powers which utilized gunpowder weapons and innovative artillery to expand and maintain their influence...hence their "nickname"
Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires
200
One SPECIFIC example of rulers using art & architecture to show their power/justify their rule
Taj Mahal, Palace of Versailles, St. Petersburg, Great Wall of China, Winter Palace
200
The term is often used to describe the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires because of their use of new military technology.
What is Gunpowder Empires?
300
The disease that was most devastating to the world during the use of the Silk Road
What is the Black Death?
300
The name of the elite Ottoman soldiers who were former Christian boys
What are janissaries?
300
This nation was the biggest enemy of the Safavids
The Ottoman Empire
300
This Mughal Emperor practiced Religious tolerance
Who is Akbar the Great?
300
Land-based empires used art and architecture primarily to
Justify and legitimize their rule
400
This (LIST EMPIRE) Central Asian empire facilitated trade across Eurasia during the 13th and 14th centuries and created a period of stability known as this (LIST NAME OF TIME PERIOD)
Mongols, "Pax Mongolica."
400
The main religion and denomination practiced by most people in the Ottoman Empire?
What is Sunni Islam
400
The effect Safavid promotion of Shi’a Islam had on relations with the Ottoman Empire?
What is war/ conflict and tensions?
400
The population in the Mughal Empire mostly practiced the _____ religion, but was ruled by tolerant Muslim leaders
What is Hindu?
400
BONUS POINTS (800): My Favorite Teacher
Mr. Longoria
500
Name TWO advancements that made travel on the Silk, Sand, ad Sea Roads possible
What are Camels, Caravans (saddles & stirrups); Lateen Sails, magnetic compass, astrolabe, sternpost rudders, knowledge of monsoon winds?
500
The system by which boys from Christian communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries (elite military units utilized by the Ottomans)
What is the devshirme system?
500
Which branch of Islam did the Safavid Empire force people to convert to?
What is Shi’a Islam?
500
The Mughal emperor who stopped the jizya tax on non-Muslims, showing tolerance for religious diversity.
Who is Emperor Akbar?
500
The name of Mr. Longoria's son
Who is Eliah?